Scholarships To Be Awarded To 16 Students

COMMUNITY NEWSLINE

The annual awards ceremony for the Washington Crossing Foundation scholarships will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Memorial Building at Washington Crossing Historic Park, Washington Crossing.

Sixteen high school seniors will receive scholarships worth $1,000 to $5,000. Winners are selected from more than 1,200 applicants. The scholarship program began in 1969 and has given more than 100 major scholarships and 200 supplementary awards.

Julie Nixon Eisenhower, president of the Washington Crossing Foundation, was to present the awards during the ceremony but is not expected to attend because of her father's recent illness.

Scholarships of $5,000 each will be awarded to: Michael W. Bowling of Oklahoma, Heather A. Clayton of California and Lisa A. Tsai of Texas. Awards from $1,000 to $2,500 will be given to Robert Wilson and Jason Wrigley of Pennsylvania and 11 other students from across the country.

*Barge rides: The New Hope Mule Barge Co. will open its 1994 season this weekend with its free "Spring Festival Along the Delaware Canal." Events begin at noon each day on the barge landing off S. Main Street.

Barge rides will continue through mid-November. Riders will take one-hour guided trips along the Delaware Canal to see canal life as it existed more than 150 years ago. Barge rides are available Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays through April. Trips will start at 11:30 a.m. and 1, 2, 3 and 4:30 p.m. Beginning May 1, barges will leave daily at 11:30 a.m., 1, 2, 3, 4:30 and 6 p.m. Tickets are $6.95 for adults, $6.50 for adults over 65, $5.50 for students with ID and $4.25 for children. Reduced rates are available for groups of 30 or more through advanced registrations. Barges also can be chartered for private parties.

For information, call 862-2842.

*Titanic talk: The Cultural Affairs Office of Delaware Valley College will present a lecture by Charles Haas at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the all-purpose room of the Student Center.

Haas is the founder of Titanic International, an organization devoted to researching ocean liners. He also teaches English in New Jersey and was the first teacher to dive into the famed ship's wreckage last June.

The program is made possible through gifts to the college. Any donations will go to the Cultural Affairs Office.

Bicycle safety, Tae Kwon Do and in-line skating demonstrations will be held along with blood pressure screenings and fitness tests for children. The YMCA also will offer an open house for its summer day camp. A swim party will be held noon to 1:30 p.m.

Participating organizations include the YMCA, North Penn and Grand View hospitals, North Penn Visiting Nurses and Montgomery County Health Department.

*Staged reading: The James A. Michener Art Museum and the Studio of Ben Solowey, Bedminster, will present a staged reading of comic works by Bucks County dramatists at 2 p.m. Sunday.

The program "Laughter in the Valley" will feature an excerpt from "Sweet Bye and Bye," a musical comedy by S.J. Perelman and an abridged version of "Once In A Lifetime" by Pulitzer Prize-winners George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

Tickets are $15 for museum members and $20 for non-members and include admission to all galleries. Current exhibits include "Masterworks of American Impressionism: Edward Redfield and the New Hope Group" and "Life in the Valley," a collection of photographs by Harold and Sarah Maynard-Clark.